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Job Description: Company Description ProSidian is a Management and Operations Consulting Services firm that focuses on delivering value to clients through tailored solutions grounded in industry-leading practices. ProSidian provides enterprise services/solutions for Risk Management | Compliance | Business Process | IT Effectiveness | Engineering | Environmental | Sustainability | Human Capital. We help forward-thinking clients solve problems and improve operations. Launched by Management Consultants, our multidisciplinary teams bring together the talents of global professionals to complete a wide range of engagements for public and private, defense and civilian government, and non-profit organizations. Our solution-centric services are deployed across the enterprise, target drivers of economic profit (growth, margin, and efficiency), and are aligned at the intersections of assets, processes, policies, and people delivering value. See Link to the ProSidian website at www.ProSidian.comJob Description ProSidian Seeks a Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] | Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management [WAPA0009009] for Program Support on a Exempt 1099 Contract: No Overtime Pay Basis Hybrid – On/Off Client Site and Virtual in The CONUS - Phoenix, AZ Area Contract Contingent, generally located across the CONUS - Phoenix, AZ Across The South West Area Region supporting a High-voltage electric transmission capital project management and owner’s engineer support for Federal power marketing administration managing high-voltage transmission and hydropower delivery. The Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] | Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management [WAPA0009009] is aligned with GSA Labor Category: Project Manager | Electrical Engineer / Power Systems Engineer. This role shall be principally focused on Project Management Engineering Support Services Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management for Project Management Engineering Support Services We seek Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] candidates with relevant Energy Industry (Oil, And Gas/Power, And Utilities) Sector Experience (functional and technical area expertise also ideal) to support professional services engagement for Energy Industry (Oil, And Gas/Power, And Utilities) Sector Clients such as WAPA. This as a Contract Contingent or Contract W-2 (IRS-1099) Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management Functional Area / Swim Lane / Category Discipline Professional - Project Management Engineering Support Services Position; however, ProSidian reserves the right to convert to a Full-Time ProSidian employed W-2 Position.Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] | Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management [WAPA0009009]. The Project Manager | Electrical Engineer / Power Systems Engineer role(s) are located in the South West Area Region, at or near CONUS - Phoenix, AZ, Initially identified Work Site Address (Hybrid – On/Off Client Site and Virtual - (Geo Code Address: 615 S. 43rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85009 JOB OVERVIEW Provide services and support as a Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] [Project Management Engineering Support Services] aligned with the Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management Functional Area / Swim Lane / Category Discipline in the Energy Industry (Oil, And Gas/Power, And Utilities) Industry Sector. This role focusses on EN | Engineering Solutions for clients such as Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Region (DOE | WAPA - DSW) | DOE | WAPA Desert Southwest Customer Service Region | Transmission Asset Planning (G5100) Division Generally Located In CONUS - Phoenix, AZ and across the South West Area Region (Of Country/World) Hybrid – On/Off Client Site and Virtual. Provide Project Management Support Services for WAPA Project Management and Owner’s Engineer Support. The ProSidian Engagement Team shall deliver integrated project management, owner’s engineer, technical coordination, construction-phase support, financial oversight, regulatory and stakeholder compliance coordination, and project closeout services for Western Area Power Administration electric transmission capital projects. Services shall be performed in accordance with the Performance Work Statement, applicable task order requirements, federal regulations, WAPA policies and procedures, standard commercial practices, and the direction of the Federal Project Manager. The Power Systems Engineer Project Manager, serving as the lead Electrical Engineer, shall plan, engineer, control, and coordinate project execution to support the safe, efficient, transparent, reliable, and successful delivery of high-voltage transmission infrastructure. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management Develop, maintain, and update the project scope in coordination with the Federal Project Manager and relevant subject matter experts. Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules that reflect approved scope, milestones, dependencies, constraints, and task-order priorities. Develop, maintain, and update project budgets aligned to approved scope, work breakdown structure, resource needs, and execution timelines. Establish and maintain cost-loaded schedules and performance baselines to support project tracking, forecasting, and reporting. Define project milestones, deliverable dates, critical path activities, and performance measurement points. Estimate labor hours, staffing requirements, equipment needs, and resource requirements for assigned project activities. Compare estimated resource requirements against available resources and identify gaps, conflicts, or constraints. Recommend schedule, staffing, sequencing, or resource adjustments necessary to meet project objectives and schedule commitments. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES - Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] | Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management [WAPA0009009]Serve as the senior Project Manager and Owner’s Engineer representative supporting WAPA DSW Transmission Asset Planning daily operations and the lifecycle delivery of complex high-voltage transmission capital projects.Plan, organize, lead, and control assigned projects from development and design through procurement, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout, maintaining accountability for scope, schedule, cost, technical quality, safety, regulatory commitments, and customer obligations.Develop and maintain integrated project plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, cost forecasts, risk registers, action logs, decision records, progress metrics, and executive-level status reports.Coordinate design-bid-build interfaces between WAPA, the designer of record, construction contractors, customers, private partners, utilities, environmental specialists, cultural-resource personnel, operations, maintenance, procurement, legal, finance, and other stakeholders.Provide Owner’s Engineer technical oversight of transmission line, substation, right-of-way, foundation, structure, access-road, outage, energization, and utility-construction activities; identify technical conflicts and drive timely resolution.Represent the transmission owner as the primary liaison to external customers, private partnerships, tribal entities, landowners, agencies, and other stakeholders, including projects governed by power-marketing, transmission-service, network-credit, or comparable utility contractual arrangements.Support FAR-based construction contract administration, including review of pay applications and invoices against contract line items, schedules of values, progress measurements, approved work, and supporting documentation.Evaluate contractor changes, requests for equitable adjustment, schedule and cost impacts, entitlement support, negotiation documentation, and independent estimate-style analyses; maintain contemporaneous records that support claims avoidance and dispute resolution.Integrate NEPA commitments, mitigation measures, Section 106 and cultural-resource constraints, SHPO coordination requirements, tribal protocols, inadvertent-discovery procedures, vegetation-management controls, and environmental permits into construction planning and field execution.Coordinate outages, access restrictions, right-of-way constraints, long-lead material and equipment procurement, customer interfaces, and construction sequencing for MV, HV, and EHV transmission line and substation projects.Apply applicable NESC requirements, FERC regulations, NERC reliability standards, WAPA/DOE procedures, Federal and State requirements, and standard utility practices to project decisions and deliverables.Use Microsoft Project, Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Maximo, SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, GIS, and related systems to gather and analyze data, manage budgets, forecast expenditures, track milestones, document decisions, and report performance.Lead cross-functional teams through influence rather than direct authority, resolve competing priorities, facilitate decisions, escalate material risks, and consistently drive measurable scope, schedule, cost, quality, compliance, and customer-satisfaction outcomes.Support project closeout, including punch-list resolution, final invoice and change reconciliation, as-built and turnover documentation, lessons learned, records completion, and confirmation that contractual and environmental commitments are satisfied.Qualifications Desired Qualifications For Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] | Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management [WAPA0009009] Candidates:Senior engineering and construction professional with a demonstrated record of delivering large, complex electric-utility transmission projects.Primary fit is an Electrical Engineer or Power Systems Engineer with high-voltage transmission, substation, power Education / Experience Requirements / QualificationsBachelor of Science degree from an accredited university in engineering or construction management.Minimum fifteen (15) years of professional experience in engineering, construction, or utility infrastructure.Minimum ten (10) years as a Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, or Deputy Project Manager with direct accountability for scope, schedule, and cost control.A minimum of five (5) years of project-management experience must be specifically associated with high-voltage transmission projects.Minimum of ten (10) years' experience managing Bulk Electric System transmission-line construction projects at 115 kV or above. Demonstrated ExperienceDemonstrated experience managing transmission construction projects with individual total construction values exceeding $100 million.Demonstrated experience in transmission-line rebuilds; candidate must provide relevant project examples.Demonstrated design-bid-build experience coordinating the designer of record and construction contractor; at least one project example is required.Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional teams in complex federal, utility, or Power Marketing Administration environments; project examples must demonstrate stakeholder alignment, conflict resolution, and measurable progress in scope, schedule, and cost.Demonstrated Owner’s Engineer lifecycle experience, including primary liaison responsibilities representing a transmission owner to external customers, private partnerships, and stakeholders; project examples and references are required.Demonstrated experience supporting projects governed by power-marketing, transmission-service, network-credit, or similar utility contractual arrangements; examples of projects are required. We are seeking a Senior engineering and construction professional with a demonstrated record of delivering large, complex electric-utility transmission projects. Primary fit is an Electrical Engineer or Power Systems Engineer with high-voltage transmission, substation, power Skills RequiredPrimarily focused on Engineering Services initiatives and aligned with Program Support activities Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management Functional Area Activities. Transmission project planning, project controls, cost estimating, forecasting, scheduling, risk management, change control, issue resolution, and closeout.Owner’s Engineer technical oversight for high-voltage transmission lines, substations, structures,FAR-based construction contract-administration experience, including invoice/pay-application review, change-order evaluation, negotiation support, independent estimate-style analysis, claims avoidance, issue documentation, and contemporaneous recordkeeping; provide a responsibility narrative and at least two FAR-governed project examples.Environmental and cultural-resource coordination experience covering NEPA commitments, Section 106 constraints, SHPO impacts, vegetation management within transmission ROW corridors, monitoring, and inadvertent-discovery procedures; provide at least one project example showing how requirements were tracked, communicated, and enforced.Tribal coordination experience on at least two projects involving tribal entities, culturally sensitive construction, or work near tribal lands or resources; provide two project examples, reference contacts, coordination interfaces, protocols followed, and construction controls implemented.This position aligns with functional and technical requirements in the Energy Industry (Oil, And Gas/Power, And Utilities) Sector and Power Systems Engineer Project Manager [Electrical Engineer] Candidates principally support Baseline Project Support | 01. Project Initiation, Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management Functional Area / Swim Lane / Category Disciplines. Competencies RequiredProject Leadership and Accountability — owns outcomes and drives disciplined delivery across the full project lifecycle.Owner’s Engineer Judgment — balances technical integrity, constructability, operability, safety, cost, schedule, customer obligations, and lifecycle value.Matrixed Team Leadership — gains alignment and performance through influence, credibility, collaboration, and clear decision governance.Commercial and Contract Acumen — understands FAR-based construction administration, contractual entitlement, progress measurement, change management, and defensible documentation.Risk and Controls Discipline — identifies emerging risk, quantifies impacts, develops mitigation, escalates appropriately, and maintains reliable project-control data.Regulatory and Compliance I